ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later

Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 2 September 2006

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition

3x more texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 41 Watt
Around 53% higher memory clock speed: 1196 MHz vs 780 MHz

Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 41 Watt
Memory clock speed	1196 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	G73
Launch date	1 October 2007	2 September 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	19.14 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	1196 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3